I love watching that Denard video and will forever appreciate him as an athlete, but it bums me out thinking about how there are no awesome clips like that from OSU or MSU games (although his senior-year run against OSU at the end of the 1st half was epic).

I called this yesterday to my friends. Rittenberg said that based on his conversations with the League the punishment would be much more severe. The B1G knows that this is bad for them, and that the refereeing was uneven at best. If they were to fine Harbaugh anything beyond the standard, you better believe this would draw a heck of a lot more attention to the situation. That would mean media would dig into actually reviewing the tape, and everyone would see how bad the B1G screwed up here. That's the last thing they want... Their only choice was to give Harbaugh the standard penalty and hope that this doesn't turn into a longer and more drawn out story.

This to me is the biggest sign that the B1G knows they screwed up. And if I'm Harbaugh and Manuel, I double down on that and refuse to pay until the B1G opens an investigation into the officiating.

These rumors always feel less untrue when mods let the post stay on the board for more than a few minutes. The mods are generally quick at taking down baseless speculation... Disappointing for whichever recruit it is.

Instead of hanging it from the rafters, create a display around the concourse (haven't been to crysler in a while, but like in one of those glass case displays). As part of the display, include a short bit on the ncaa sanctions. That is a more powerful message than trying to pretend that either the sanctions or the Fab 5 never happened....

Most players rush to heave that half court shot. Curry knew exactly where he was going to shoot from and dribbled to the exact spot he wanted to shoot from. He could have easily taken a shot closer to the basket if he wanted to push. Ridiculous. I live in SF and you could hear people screaming from the bars down the whole block.

We will never be a consistently elite team until we start engaging in the same shady recruiting tactics that every other big time program does. We were 15 years ahead of the curve in that one. I'm not making a case for moving the needle one way or the other, but it's just the reality.

Mike Greenbergs comment about SOTS being the reason players have egos was one of the stupidest rants I've ever heard. Yeah, it's all about Harbaughs celebratory event. It has nothing to do with schools offering kids 200k to play there, or ESPN going nuts over hat ceremonies, and creating a whole media circus around signing day, or their own high school all star game...or their year-round recruiting coverage. I would have loved to see him engage Jarbaugh in that convo on air.

if you get into Michigan as a student 1st semester senior year, and then get failing grades in 2nd semester just because you think you made it already, the university will pull your acceptance. My mom was an academic advisor at mich and she spent my whole senior year warning me about that. I guess that's why the Swenson thing isn't such a big deal to me.

In terms of what is actually near a student. The food on USCs campus is way more limited, and the food within walking distance is mostly crap. If you're an undergrad, how often are you going to bev hills to eat? In Ann Arbor the food that you can get in direct vicinity of the campus (aka places where a student would go on a regular basis) is substantially better than USC. It's not even close.

Normally I'm against tweeting at recruits and their moms. But having gone to grad school at USC, this drives me nuts. First; USC is a decent campus at best, In one of the worst neighborhoods in LA. Second, find me someone who has something nice to say about LA other than the weather. Third, the USC alumni network is limited to California. Fourth, if Gary really does love food as much as he says, The options that are actually accessible to students are way better in Ann Arbor. Lastly, they have a new coach that is a mostly unknown. Ugh. I hate USC.